Elliot W. McCleary Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 792
Scope and Contents
Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from Northcote to Humboldt, his losses in the 1929 stock market crash, Elliot's schooling in Northcote, Humboldt, and Fisher, Minn.
Dates
- 1956
Creator
- McCleary, Elliot W., 1897- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Biography
Born at Northcote Farm, Northcote, Minn. 1897, son of David and Elizabeth Webster McCleary.
Extent
2 Items (2 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from Northcote to Humboldt, his losses in the 1929 stock market crash, Elliot's schooling in Northcote, Humboldt, and Fisher, Minn.
Provenance
Donated by Elliot W. McCleary on November 8, 1956 (Acc. 792)
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Bonanza farms -- Minnesota.
- Correspondence.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
- Grand Forks (N.D.)
- Hill, James Jerome, 1838-1916.
- Hill, Walter Jerome, 1885-1944.
- Household supplies -- Minnesota.
- Humboldt (Minn. : Farm)
- Interviews.
- McCleary, Elliot W., 1897- -- : Interviews.
- Northcote (Minn. : Farm)
Creator
- McCleary, Elliot W., 1897- (Person)
- Danielson, Fern. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Elliot W. McCleary Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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